Creamy Strawberry Moscato Torte

By Melissa Clark

Creamy Strawberry Moscato Torte
Andrew Scrivani for The New York Times
Total Time
20 minutes
Rating
4(738)
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This dish is sort of a summery tiramisù. The creamy mascarpone and ladyfinger layers in tiramisù are a natural with strawberries. But the espresso is too overbearing to match well with the sweet fruit. What to do? Swap out the liquid. Moscato d’Asti, a lightly sweet and fizzy wine, works here. Drizzle more of the wine on just before serving. It adds just the right brightness and verve.

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Ingredients

Yield:10 to 12 servings
  • 1½quarts strawberries
  • 1tablespoon superfine or granulated sugar, more to taste
  • 1bottle (750 milliliters) moscato wine, more for serving
  • 2pounds mascarpone
  • ½cup heavy cream
  • ⅓cup confectioners’ sugar, more for sprinkling if desired
  • 2plump, moist vanilla beans
  • 48ladyfingers (2 packages)
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Nutritional analysis per serving (12 servings)

552 calories; 34 grams fat; 18 grams saturated fat; 9 grams monounsaturated fat; 2 grams polyunsaturated fat; 43 grams carbohydrates; 2 grams dietary fiber; 12 grams sugars; 10 grams protein; 349 milligrams sodium

Note: The information shown is Edamam’s estimate based on available ingredients and preparation. It should not be considered a substitute for a professional nutritionist’s advice.

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Preparation

  1. Step 1

    Hull and slice 1 quart of strawberries. Leave remaining ½ quart whole for garnish. Put sliced berries in a bowl and gently toss with superfine or granulated sugar, adding more if berries are very tart. Add a splash of moscato to bowl and macerate for 15 minutes.

  2. Step 2

    Meanwhile in a large mixing bowl, whisk together mascarpone, heavy cream and ⅓ cup confectioners’ sugar. Use a sharp knife to split vanilla beans lengthwise. With the knife’s flat side, scrape out seeds and add to mascarpone mixture. Lightly whisk until soft peaks form. (Save vanilla pods for another use, like vanilla sugar.)

  3. Step 3

    Pour 3 cups of moscato into a shallow bowl. Working with 2 or 3 cookies at a time, dip ladyfingers into the wine, turning once to coat for a few seconds so that they can absorb some of the liquid; use as many of them as fit to line a 9- by 13-inch baking dish (or other 2-quart casserole) in one layer.

  4. Step 4

    Spread half of mascarpone mixture onto ladyfingers. Spoon strawberries and juices on top of mascarpone in an even layer. Dip more ladyfingers and arrange on top of berries in an even layer. Top with remaining mascarpone mixture, using a spatula to smooth. Cover and refrigerate torte for at least 6 hours and for as long as 2 days. Garnish with reserved strawberries. Scoop torte into bowls or goblets to serve and drizzle with a little more moscato.

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Comments

Peggy

Just in time for local strawberries, but OMG! 600+ calories per serving. To eat less, consider cutting into 15 servings instead of 10 and shave off 200 calories. Your weight-watching friends will appreciate it.

nutsnbolts

A little too sweet for my taste. I added grated orange zest to the mascarpone to give it a zip and sprinkled with slivered almonds.

lori

We've been making this for years but with a small adjustment - just a spoonful or two of sugar in place of the confectioners sugar and fresh orange juice with a bit of grated rind in place of the moscato. Not too sweet and a perfect solution for a non-alcoholic dessert .

Rose

Again, I would like NYTC to give a substitute for alcohol for those of us who don't want to drink it. Surely not too much to ask?

Rochelle

This is delicious, but I made half the amount recipe written for and in the future I will use 8 ounces of marscapone and 8 ounces heavy cream. I had so much of the cheese/cream mixture left over, and it was piled high in the dish. That said, this was really tasty and easy to make.

Barbara Tucker

Cut recipe in half for small rectangular Pyrex dish. Plenty for 6 2 cups cream to 16 oz mascarpone Add vanilla. Zest of one orange,pinch salt to mascarpone mixture Dip ladyfingers in 1:1 orange juice/Prosecco

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